> They wore like iron, but weren't the wonderful ride. So, I > don't get what's so wonderful to be about the Dureme to be. According > to their chart, less speed, slightly more durable, heavier, more > expensive. Don't get me wrong, Schwalbe makes A LOT of tires and lots > of choices and that's great. I'm just not willing to sacrifice the > ride characteristics for durability. At the price point, I'm not > interested in dropping $150 to experiment.
Depends on where you are riding and the purpose of the ride. First, I disagree with your assessment of the Supremes. I have them on my Bruce Gordon Rock 'n Road and feel they ride well. If the Dureme is meant to replace the XR, it seems its design has two purposes. Probably most buyers will be people who are looking to do self supported tours on mixed surfaces in the first world or in the developing world. When your bike is already laden with camping and cooking gear, water, etc., etc., it is very nice to keep your spare tire load to a minimum. Moreover, having to change tires multiple times in a ride when you have to make 75 miles or not have a decent source of h2o or a place to sleep can be quite a hazard. Some subset of Dureme buyers will be riders in cities such as Detroit and New Orleans which unfortunately have many streets that would not look out of place on the Moon. I and several of my friends in Chicago have ridden Kojaks for several years without flats. I imagine that would not be the case in cities with less money to spend maintainng and cleaning the streets. In my opinion, Schwalbe among its competitors does better mixing durability and rideability. On Oct 22, 7:35 pm, Ken Yokanovich <[email protected]> wrote: > I road a set of Marathon Supremes in the 700x42 thinking that they > would be bigger, rounder, and have that wonderful go-plump feel. I had > hoped that they would have the ride characteristics of a larger > Pasela. They wore like iron, but weren't the wonderful ride. So, I > don't get what's so wonderful to be about the Dureme to be. According > to their chart, less speed, slightly more durable, heavier, more > expensive. Don't get me wrong, Schwalbe makes A LOT of tires and lots > of choices and that's great. I'm just not willing to sacrifice the > ride characteristics for durability. At the price point, I'm not > interested in dropping $150 to experiment. > > I LOVE my Jack Browns, I'm waiting for Jack's larger cousin in a large > volume, light weight 622bsd by about 38 tire. It'd be the PERFECT tire > IMHO for the Atlantis. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
